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Lao American History and Culture Resources

This LibGuide offers a curated selection of resources that highlight the history, culture, and contributions of the Lao American community.

Lao American Art and Media Resources

Bender, Vilayvanh (2018) Mommy Eats Fried Grasshoppers: a Lao-American Children's Picture Book Comparing a Daughter Growing Up in America and Her Mother Growing Up in Laos 

Bonner, Mitchell I. Photographs and Ephemera, 1974–2021, OAC Finding Aid 

Daulton, Judy. (2023) Grandma feeds me sticky rice. (9798391889403) 

Daulton, Judy. (2023). My Tha-tha, My friend: A Lao-American Children’s book about a grandpa from Laos (Lao-American Children’s Story Books). 

Daulton, Judy. (2024). Khop Jai Der, Count from 10 to 20 in Laotian and English (Lao-American Children’s Story Books). 

Daulton, Judy. (2024). Sattu, 123 Count to ten in Laotian (Lao-American Children’s Story Books).

Donangtavanh, Vanesa & Vang, Nouchee (Ill.). (2019). A Place for Me

Fuller, Sherri Gebert. A Witness to Culture: Bounxou Daoheuang
JSTOR Link (Profile of a Laotian American weaver and cultural preservationist in Minnesota)

Goldman, Ann Yarwood. (1995). Lao Mien Embroidery: Migration and Change, ISBN: 9789748496412

Johnston, Kati & Siegel, Taggart. Blue Collar and Buddha (also listed above under Immigration)

Kuras, Ellen & Phrasavath, Thavisouk. (2008). Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
 (Documentary film)

Natasinh Dancers & Musicians. (2006). Lao Music and Dance from Iowa, Library of Congress Streaming Media

Pan, Hyleigh (Compiler). Hyleigh Pan Collection of Digital Photographs of Lao Ephemera (2023)
 OAC Finding Aid

Pan, P. & Eades, Z. (2020). Kong’s Adventure, Kora Publishing (Children’s illustrated book with cultural themes)

Phetmixay Means Fighter (2016). Documentary Film by Rita P. Phetmixay, Thesis Access

The Khene: A Quintessential Lao Instrument, ACTA Article